Career
He is best known for the tracks, "Bad Luck Dice" and "Hard Headed Blues". Born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, he moved to Saint Louis, Missouri in the 1920s and lived there for the rest of his life. He played in Saint Louis clubs, and in 1929 began recording for the QRS and Victor labels.
He is regarded as one of the earliest urban blues performers, with no pronounced rural influences.
His guitar playing style resembled that of Lonnie Johnson, with an emphasis on vibrato and improvisation. Gibson accompanied Jimmie Rodgers on a Victor single, "Let Maine Be Your Side Track", in 1931, then spent parts of the next three decades playing in the streets around Saint Louis.
Gibson resurfaced on recordings in 1960 on the Bobbin label, and worked another three years in Saint Louis" Gaslight Square, before his death from pulmonary edema in 1963.
